Where should we stand with small kids?

Anywhere along the route works. Marienplatz fills up most because the stage show is there. The Isartor start sees the floats first.

Usually. Munich at the end of January often sits near freezing, and you spend most of the time standing still. Put warm layers under costumes and bring gloves and a hat.

Is there anything else for kids from the same club?

Yes. The Damische Ritter also hold a ticketed Kinderball at the Löwenbräukeller on Stiglmaierplatz, with dancing, games, music and face painting. Dates are posted on damischeritter.de.

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Munich Fasching Parade

Name: Munich Fasching Parade
Start: 2027-01-31
End: 2027-01-31
Location: Marienplatz

When: Sun Jan 31, 2027
Ages: All ages
Price: Free to watch

FestivalAltstadt-Lehel

Where

Altstadt-Lehel, Marienplatz

Ages

All ages

Setting

Outdoors

Music

Brass bands

What you need to know

Come in costume, most of the crowd does, kids and adults alike
New route for 2027: starts at the Isartor, then runs via Rosental and Kaufinger Straße to Marienplatz
Stage party at the finish, with music and dancing on Marienplatz into the early evening

About

Munich's official Fasching parade, the Faschingszug, is led by the Damische Ritter, a local carnival club. More than 50 groups wind through the Altstadt: brass bands, decorated floats, dance troupes, carnival societies and the city's Fasching prince and princess. Thousands line the old-town streets to watch, many in costume, so kids get to see the floats up close from inside a crowd in fancy dress.

Free to watch

Sun, Jan 31, 2027

1:13 PM

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